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Training of Psychosocial Skills Based on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Patients With Parkinson's Disease

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Mild Cognitive Impairment
Parkinson's Disease
Registration Number
NCT02048605
Lead Sponsor
University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
Brief Summary

Patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) will be trained using a cognitive behavioral group-training-program to reduce stress and augment quality of life. An unspecific group with the same amount and frequency of meetings is used as a control group. For the evaluation of the training effects, scales to assess quality of life, analyses of psychopathological variations as well as neurocognitive tests will be used. Protocol amendment in 1-2017: addition of FU year 3 and year 5.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
30
Inclusion Criteria
  • Patients with idiopathic Parkinson's disease according to United Kingdom Parkinson's Disease Brain Bank Criteria, being either cognitively normal, suffering from Mild Cognitive Impairment or having mild dementia. Patients must be able to give their written informed consent.
Exclusion Criteria
  • Moderate or severe dementia (DMS-IV, Mini Mental Status (MMS) <24), other neurological or psychiatric diseases of the brain not related to PD, secondary parkinsonism, physical impairment hindering the adequate execution of the training, insufficient knowledge of German or pregnancy are exclusion criteria. Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) is no exclusion criterion.

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Schedule for the Evaluation of Individual Quality of Life-Direct Weighting (SeiQol-DW)Before and after 9 weeks of training, After 6-month
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Scale for the assessment of management of daily living (Alltagsbewältigungsskala: A-B-S)Before and after 9 weeks training, after 6 month

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University Hospital Basel

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Basel, Switzerland

University Hospital Basel
🇨🇭Basel, Switzerland

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